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What is legal in Washington?

In December my wife, my kids,and I are taking a trip to Washington state. When I'm in my home state of Missouri I know what I'm allowed to carry along with my pistol how ever things get fuzzy past the state line. Any one here know the real knife laws of Washington. I usually carry a Spyderco Endura 4 wave, a Spyderco Byrdwrench, and a custom 4 inch fixed blade. Can I carry any of those on my trip?

Taking a plane. But I know I will be unarmed while on the jet. The question is what can I carry when I get there. I know my P95 will be allowed once I'm out of the airport. But can I have my usual knives?All I have found so far is a bunch of legal gibberish that only lawyers understand and it tells me nothing.

Taking a plane. But I know I will be unarmed while on the jet. The question is what can I carry when I get there. I know my P95 will be allowed once I'm out of the airport. But can I have my usual knives?All I have found so far is a bunch of legal gibberish that only lawyers understand and it tells me nothing.

(a) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife, or any knife the blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement;

is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.

Basically, the knife must have a spring action which keeps the blade closed, like ordinary pocket knives do. If the blade opens without you actually pulling the blade itself to open it, it's illegal.

Anyone who says, "I support the 2nd amendment, BUT"... doesn't. Element of Surprise: a mythical element that many believe has the same affect upon criminals that Kryptonite has upon Superman.

That is the gibberish I'm refering to but it is a bit more clear than what I have read before. So the folding knives are ok? Or are they? I'm not the type to wave a weapon around trying to look cool since I have a a weapon. But also I'm not keen on the idea of going to prison because a tool I use to defend myself is outlawed where I am at.